Washing-machine gearing.



J. W. BEAMS.

WASHING MACHINE GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1912.

1,104,830. Patented July 28, 1914.

'I'HE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHQTU-LITHOWASHINGTON D. Cv

ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSHUA W. BEAMS, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO RICHMOND CEDAR WORKS, 013 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

WASHING-MACHINE GEABIING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1914.

Application filed February 27, 1912. Serial No. 680,212.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, JOSHUA W. REAMs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Richmond, county of Henrico, State. of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in lVashing-vfachine Gearing, of which the following is a full and clear specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation; and Fig. 2 an edge elevation of the gearing, parts being shown in section.

This invention has relation to that class of washing machine gearing shown and described in patent to Reams 930,562, patented August 10, 1909, in which lever operated gearing is adapted to translate a continuous rotary motion of a drive shaft into an alternating rotary motion of the driven shaft, this driven shaft depending into the tub and being provided with a suitable agitator, and a fly wheel being j ournaled on a stub shaft projecting from the side of the tub, this fly wheel being geared up to the aforesaid gearing with a view of storing up part of the power and thus contributing to uniformity and rapidity of operation of the washing machine.

In the patent above referred to, the fly wheel is supported on the tub and the gearing proper is supported on the lid of the machine in order that when the lid is raised the fly wheel and its pinion shall not be raised with the lid but shall remain on the tub body. An objection to this arrangement of gearing is that should the tub body he come mashed or warped, the driving gear will not always mesh nicely with the pinion on the fly wheel. The present improvement is designed to avoid this trouble, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing a designates the tub body, Z) the tub lid which is hinged at 0 and on which is bolted a casing cl which forms the bearings of the driving shaft 6 and incloses the usual devices for translating continuous rotary motion of this shaft 6 into alternating rotary motion of the agitator shaft, one 6X- ample of these devices being shown in the patent to Johnson No. 7 02,099, dated June 10, 1902. On the outer end of this shaft 6 is aflixed a comparatively large gear wheel 7, and to drive this wheel 7 I provide a lever g pivoted to the side of the tub body and connected to the wheel f by a pitman it. The outer end of the bearing cast-ing is rigidly secured by a bolt or bolts 6 to the upper face of a cast plate j, which plate j is rigidly fastened to the top of the tublid by the bolts is. The outer end of the plate 3' is provided with a depending hanger arm or plate Z which hangs down close to the side of the tub body and terminates at a point below the. wheel f. Itigidly aflixed to the lower end of this plate Z is a stub shaft m and on this stub shaft is loosely journaled a fly wheel 42. having attached to the inner end of its hub a pinion 0 which is in mesh withthe aforesaid wheel 7. It will be observed that with this construction the gear wheels are not disconnected when the lid is raised, the entire gearing being raised with the lid. It will be observed also that this arrangement of the gearing is exceedingly compact and durable. The feature of mounting the fly wheel upon a hanger which rigidly depends from the bearings of the driving shaft not only brings the fly wheel to a point low down on the tub body butalso ties all the bearings together and insures a good alinement of the gears and shafts at all times. It will be observed also that the easing d not only affords a bearing for the drive shaft 6 but also incloses the driven gearing connected to the inner end of the drive shaft and further that the inner end of the casing d has a bearing on the tub lid; in this way all the shaft supports are rigidly connected and braced together in such manner that it is possible to mount the fly wheel upon a depending hanger and yet obtain such rigidity of support as to keep down vibration to a minimum and to maintain a nice meshing of the gear wheels.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In a washing machine gearing, the combination of a stationary support, an upwardly swinging support, a driving shaft mounted on one side of said swinging sup port, a gear-wheel mounted on the outer end of said driving shaft, a hanger rigidly connected to said swinging support and depending down alongside of the stationary support, a fly-wheel and a pinion which meshes with said gear-wheel both being mounted to rotate in the lower end of said hanger below the periphery of said gear-wheel, and an operating lever connected to said gearwheel.

2. In a washing machine gearing, the combination of a stationary support, an upwardly swinging support, a driving shaft mounted on one side of said swinging support, a gear-whee1 mounted on the outer end of said driving shaft, a hanger rigidly connected to said swinging support and depending down alongside of the stationary support, a fly-wheel and a pinion which meshes with said gear-wheel mounted to rotate in the lower end of said hanger below the periphery of said gear-wheel and in vertical 15 alineinent wit-h said drive-shaft when said swinging support is in a horizontal position, and an operating lever connected to said gear-wheel.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my 20 signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

J. REAWS.

WVitnesses:

J. L. BEEK, M. F. JAMES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

